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Status Submitted
Workspace Instana
Categories Kubernetes
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 21, 2025

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Method to completely disable the k8sensor deployment when using the instana-agent-operator

Customer would like to a way to disable the k8sensor within the kubernetes agent to manage data ingestion costs. 

The instana-agent-operator ignores the k8s_sensor.deployment.enabled: false configuration.

This k8sensor activity counts towards data ingestion costs (infrastructure metrics) when our configuration clearly specifies APM mode with extensive plugin disablement. We tried the following methods to disable the k8sensor however all are unsuccessful.  

Helm Configuration (provided):

Helm Configuration (provided):
k8s_sensor:
  deployment:
    enabled: false  # COMPLETELY IGNORED
    replicas: 0     # OVERRIDDEN TO default 2

 

K8sensor deployment exists despite enabled: false:

kubectl get deployment instana-agent-k8sensor -n instana-agent
NAME                     READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   AGE
instana-agent-k8sensor   2/2     2            2           100d

 

K8sensor collecting unwanted data:

k8sensor logs: "monitoring=kubernetes entities=4120"

 

Manual intervention fails:

  • Scaling to 0: Operator reverts to 2 replicas within seconds
  • Deleting deployment: Operator immediately recreates
  • Tried 4 different configuration approaches: ALL ignored

The k8sensor is actively monitoring 4,120 Kubernetes resources despite our intention to run APM-only mode.

Idea priority Urgent

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